Alsop Island (Althorpe Island) is located at the southernmost end of (Yorke Peninsula), west of Adelaide, in the southern waters of (Innes National Park), Ines National Park, about 8 kilometers from the mainland, and the entire island belongs to Althorpe Islands Conservation Park..
Alsop is a capricious resident with a lighthouse built in 1879 and currently unattended for solar power generation. This is an important habitat for wild birds, with a large number of different species of rare birds. Pets are forbidden to take to the island in order to protect the island's fragile ecology, and visitors need permission to land on the island.
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Permission is required to land on the island. Please contact (Natural Resource Centre), Natural Resources Management Center in (Innes National Park), Irns National Park, for permission to board the island and contact accommodation and vessel transport on the island. Contact: (61 8) 8854 3200 Email:[email protected] address: CMB Stenhouse Bay,SA,5575 or York Peninsula tourist Centre, Tel: 1800 202 445